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Could penal abolitionism work?

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Nov2021 (Volume) 31 (Number) 2
Medium (Periodical) Sociology Review.
Classif 301 SOC
Subject Sociology
Page 18 - 21
Authors Scott, David
Contents

Penal abolitionism sees prisons and other punishments as an absolute last resort. But could this approach ever work in practice?

Keywords
Crime and deviance     Prisons     Social policy     State punishment